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Academy Awards · 345 nominations across 70 ceremonies · 70 wins
98th Academy Awards
- Winner Sinners · Autumn Durald
- Nominee Train Dreams · Adolpho Veloso
- Nominee Frankenstein · Dan Laustsen
- Nominee Marty Supreme · Darius Khondji
- Nominee One Battle After Another · Michael Bauman
97th Academy Awards
- Winner The Brutalist · Lol Crawley
- Nominee Dune: Part Two · Greig Fraser
- Nominee Nosferatu · Jarin Blaschke
- Nominee Maria · Edward Lachman
- Nominee Emilia Pérez · Paul Guilhaume
96th Academy Awards
- Winner Oppenheimer · Hoyte van Hoytema
- Nominee Killers of the Flower Moon · Rodrigo Prieto
- Nominee Poor Things · Robbie Ryan
- Nominee El Conde · Edward Lachman
- Nominee Maestro · Matthew Libatique
95th Academy Awards
- Winner All Quiet on the Western Front · James Friend
- Nominee Tár · Florian Hoffmeister
- Nominee Empire of Light · Roger Deakins
- Nominee Elvis · Mandy Walker
- Nominee Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths · Darius Khondji
94th Academy Awards
- Winner Dune · Greig Fraser
- Nominee Nightmare Alley · Dan Laustsen
- Nominee West Side Story · Janusz Kamiński
- Nominee The Power of the Dog · Ari Wegner
- Nominee The Tragedy of Macbeth · Bruno Delbonnel
93rd Academy Awards
- Winner Mank · Erik Messerschmidt
- Nominee Nomadland · Joshua James Richards
- Nominee Judas and the Black Messiah · Sean Bobbitt
- Nominee News of the World · Dariusz Wolski
- Nominee The Trial of the Chicago 7 · Phedon Papamichael
92nd Academy Awards
- Winner 1917 · Roger Deakins
- Nominee The Irishman · Rodrigo Prieto
- Nominee The Lighthouse · Jarin Blaschke
- Nominee Once Upon a Time in Hollywood · Robert Richardson
- Nominee Joker · Lawrence Sher
91st Academy Awards
- Winner Roma · Alfonso Cuarón
- Nominee Cold War · Łukasz Żal
- Nominee The Favourite · Robbie Ryan
- Nominee Never Look Away · Caleb Deschanel
- Nominee A Star Is Born · Matthew Libatique
90th Academy Awards
- Winner Blade Runner 2049 · Roger Deakins
- Nominee Mudbound · Rachel Morrison
- Nominee The Shape of Water · Dan Laustsen
- Nominee Dunkirk · Hoyte van Hoytema
- Nominee Darkest Hour · Bruno Delbonnel
89th Academy Awards
- Winner La La Land · Linus Sandgren
- Nominee Silence · Rodrigo Prieto
- Nominee Arrival · Bradford Young
- Nominee Lion · Greig Fraser
- Nominee Moonlight from Sabrina · James Laxton
88th Academy Awards
- Winner The Revenant · Emmanuel Lubezki
- Nominee The Hateful Eight · Robert Richardson
- Nominee Sicario · Roger Deakins
- Nominee Carol · Edward Lachman
- Nominee Mad Max: Fury Road · John Seale
87th Academy Awards
- Winner Birdman · Emmanuel Lubezki
- Nominee Ida · Ryszard Lenczewski, Łukasz Żal
- Nominee Unbroken · Roger Deakins
- Nominee The Grand Budapest Hotel · Robert Yeoman
- Nominee Mr. Turner · Dick Pope
86th Academy Awards
- Winner Gravity · Emmanuel Lubezki
- Nominee The Grandmaster · Philippe Le Sourd
- Nominee Prisoners · Roger Deakins
- Nominee Nebraska · Phedon Papamichael
- Nominee Inside Llewyn Davis · Bruno Delbonnel
85th Academy Awards
- Winner Life of Pi · Claudio Miranda
- Nominee Anna Karenina · Seamus McGarvey
- Nominee Django Unchained · Robert Richardson
- Nominee Lincoln · Janusz Kamiński
- Nominee Skyfall · Roger Deakins
84th Academy Awards
- Winner Hugo · Robert Richardson
- Nominee The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo · Jeff Cronenweth
- Nominee The Artist · Guillaume Schiffman
- Nominee War Horse · Janusz Kamiński
- Nominee The Tree of Life · Emmanuel Lubezki
83rd Academy Awards
- Winner Inception · Wally Pfister
- Nominee The Social Network · Jeff Cronenweth
- Nominee True Grit · Roger Deakins
- Nominee Black Swan · Matthew Libatique
- Nominee The King's Speech · Danny Cohen
82nd Academy Awards
- Winner Avatar · Mauro Fiore
- Nominee Inglourious Basterds · Robert Richardson
- Nominee The White Ribbon · Christian Berger
- Nominee The Hurt Locker · Barry Ackroyd
- Nominee Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince · Bruno Delbonnel
81st Academy Awards
- Winner Slumdog Millionaire · Anthony Dod Mantle
- Nominee The Reader · Chris Menges, Roger Deakins
- Nominee Changeling · Tom Stern
- Nominee The Dark Knight · Wally Pfister
- Nominee The Curious Case of Benjamin Button · Claudio Miranda
80th Academy Awards
- Winner There Will Be Blood · Robert Elswit
- Nominee Atonement · Seamus McGarvey
- Nominee The Diving Bell and the Butterfly · Janusz Kamiński
- Nominee No Country for Old Men · Roger Deakins
- Nominee The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford · Roger Deakins
79th Academy Awards
- Winner Pan's Labyrinth · Guillermo Navarro
- Nominee The Prestige · Wally Pfister
- Nominee The Illusionist · Dick Pope
- Nominee Children of Men · Emmanuel Lubezki
- Nominee The Black Dahlia · Vilmos Zsigmond
78th Academy Awards
- Winner Memoirs of a Geisha · Dion Beebe
- Nominee Brokeback Mountain · Rodrigo Prieto
- Nominee Good Night, and Good Luck. · Robert Elswit
- Nominee Batman Begins · Wally Pfister
- Nominee The New World · Emmanuel Lubezki
77th Academy Awards
- Winner The Aviator · Robert Richardson
- Nominee House of Flying Daggers · Zhao Xiaoding
- Nominee The Passion of the Christ · Caleb Deschanel
- Nominee The Phantom of the Opera · John Mathieson
- Nominee A Very Long Engagement · Bruno Delbonnel
76th Academy Awards
- Winner Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World · Russell Boyd
- Nominee City of God · César Charlone
- Nominee Seabiscuit · John Schwartzman
- Nominee Girl with a Pearl Earring · Eduardo Serra
- Nominee Cold Mountain · John Seale
75th Academy Awards
- Winner Road to Perdition · Conrad Hall
- Nominee Chicago · Dion Beebe
- Nominee Far from Heaven · Edward Lachman
- Nominee Gangs of New York · Michael Ballhaus
- Nominee The Pianist · Paweł Edelman
74th Academy Awards
- Winner The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring · Andrew Lesnie
- Nominee Moulin Rouge! · Donald McAlpine
- Nominee Black Hawk Down · Sławomir Idziak
- Nominee The Man Who Wasn't There · Roger Deakins
- Nominee Amélie · Bruno Delbonnel
73rd Academy Awards
- Winner Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon · Peter Pau
- Nominee O Brother, Where Art Thou? · Roger Deakins
- Nominee The Patriot · Caleb Deschanel
- Nominee Malèna · Lajos Koltai
- Nominee Gladiator · John Mathieson
72nd Academy Awards
- Winner American Beauty · Conrad Hall
- Nominee The End of the Affair · Roger Pratt
- Nominee The Insider · Dante Spinotti
- Nominee Snow Falling on Cedars · Robert Richardson
- Nominee Sleepy Hollow · Emmanuel Lubezki
71st Academy Awards
- Winner Saving Private Ryan · Janusz Kamiński
- Nominee Elizabeth · Remi Adefarasin
- Nominee Shakespeare in Love · Richard Greatrex
- Nominee The Thin Red Line · John Toll
- Nominee A Civil Action · Conrad Hall
70th Academy Awards
- Winner Titanic · Russell Carpenter
- Nominee L.A. Confidential · Dante Spinotti
- Nominee Amistad · Janusz Kamiński
- Nominee Kundun · Roger Deakins
- Nominee The Wings of the Dove · Eduardo Serra
69th Academy Awards
- Winner The English Patient · John Seale
- Nominee Michael Collins · Chris Menges
- Nominee Fargo · Roger Deakins
- Nominee Fly Away Home · Caleb Deschanel
- Nominee Evita · Darius Khondji
68th Academy Awards
- Winner Braveheart · John Toll
- Nominee Sense and Sensibility · Michael Coulter
- Nominee A Little Princess · Emmanuel Lubezki
- Nominee Batman Forever · Stephen Goldblatt
- Nominee Shanghai Triad · Lü Yue
67th Academy Awards
- Winner Legends of the Fall · John Toll
- Nominee Three Colours: Red · Piotr Sobociński
- Nominee The Shawshank Redemption · Roger Deakins
- Nominee Forrest Gump · Don Burgess
- Nominee Wyatt Earp · Owen Roizman
66th Academy Awards
- Winner Schindler's List · Janusz Kamiński
- Nominee The Piano · Stuart Dryburgh
- Nominee The Fugitive · Michael Chapman
- Nominee Searching for Bobby Fischer · Conrad Hall
- Nominee Farewell My Concubine · Gu Changwei
65th Academy Awards
- Winner A River Runs Through It · Philippe Rousselot
- Nominee Howards End · Tony Pierce-Roberts
- Nominee Unforgiven · Jack N. Green
- Nominee Hoffa · Stephen H. Burum
- Nominee The Lover · Robert Fraisse
64th Academy Awards
- Winner JFK · Robert Richardson
- Nominee Terminator 2: Judgment Day · Adam Greenberg
- Nominee Thelma & Louise · Adrian Biddle
- Nominee Bugsy · Allen Daviau
- Nominee The Prince of Tides · Stephen Goldblatt
63rd Academy Awards
- Winner Dances with Wolves · Dean Semler
- Nominee Dick Tracy · Vittorio Storaro
- Nominee The Godfather Part III · Gordon Willis
- Nominee Avalon · Allen Daviau
- Nominee Henry & June · Philippe Rousselot
62nd Academy Awards
- Winner Glory · Freddie Francis
- Nominee Blaze · Haskell Wexler
- Nominee Born on the Fourth of July · Robert Richardson
- Nominee The Abyss · Mikael Salomon
- Nominee The Fabulous Baker Boys · Michael Ballhaus
61st Academy Awards
- Winner Mississippi Burning · Peter Biziou
- Nominee The Unbearable Lightness of Being · Sven Nykvist
- Nominee Who Framed Roger Rabbit · Dean Cundey
- Nominee Tequila Sunrise · Conrad Hall
- Nominee Rain Man · John Seale
60th Academy Awards
- Winner The Last Emperor · Vittorio Storaro
- Nominee Matewan · Haskell Wexler
- Nominee Broadcast News · Michael Ballhaus
- Nominee Empire of the Sun · Allen Daviau
- Nominee Hope and Glory · Philippe Rousselot
59th Academy Awards
- Winner The Mission · Chris Menges
- Nominee Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home · Donald Peterman
- Nominee Platoon · Robert Richardson
- Nominee A Room with a View · Tony Pierce-Roberts
- Nominee Peggy Sue Got Married · Jordan Cronenweth
58th Academy Awards
- Winner Out of Africa · David Watkin
- Nominee Ran · Asakazu Nakai, Shōji Ueda, Takao Saito
- Nominee Murphy's Romance · William A. Fraker
- Nominee The Color Purple · Allen Daviau
- Nominee Witness · John Seale
57th Academy Awards
- Winner The Killing Fields · Chris Menges
- Nominee A Passage to India · Ernest Day
- Nominee The Natural · Caleb Deschanel
- Nominee The River · Vilmos Zsigmond
- Nominee Amadeus · Miroslav Ondříček
56th Academy Awards
- Winner Fanny and Alexander · Sven Nykvist
- Nominee Flashdance · Donald Peterman
- Nominee WarGames · William A. Fraker
- Nominee The Right Stuff · Caleb Deschanel
- Nominee Zelig · Gordon Willis
55th Academy Awards
- Winner Gandhi · Billy Williams, Ronnie Taylor
- Nominee Sophie's Choice · Néstor Almendros
- Nominee Das Boot · Jost Vacano
- Nominee E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial · Allen Daviau
- Nominee Tootsie · Owen Roizman
54th Academy Awards
- Winner Reds · Vittorio Storaro
- Nominee On Golden Pond · Billy Williams
- Nominee Raiders of the Lost Ark · Douglas Slocombe
- Nominee Excalibur · Alex Thomson
- Nominee Ragtime · Miroslav Ondříček
53rd Academy Awards
- Winner Tess · Geoffrey Unsworth, Ghislain Cloquet
- Nominee The Blue Lagoon · Néstor Almendros
- Nominee The Formula · James Crabe
- Nominee Raging Bull · Michael Chapman
- Nominee Coal Miner's Daughter · Ralf D. Bode
52nd Academy Awards
- Winner Apocalypse Now · Vittorio Storaro
- Nominee All That Jazz · Giuseppe Rotunno
- Nominee The Black Hole · Frank V. Phillips
- Nominee Kramer vs. Kramer · Néstor Almendros
- Nominee 1941 · William A. Fraker
51st Academy Awards
- Winner Days of Heaven · Néstor Almendros
- Nominee Same Time, Next Year · Robert L. Surtees
- Nominee Heaven Can Wait · William A. Fraker
- Nominee The Wiz · Oswald Morris
- Nominee The Deer Hunter · Vilmos Zsigmond
50th Academy Awards
- Winner Close Encounters of the Third Kind · Vilmos Zsigmond
- Nominee Julia · Douglas Slocombe
- Nominee The Turning Point · Robert L. Surtees
- Nominee Looking for Mr. Goodbar · William A. Fraker
- Nominee Islands in the Stream · Fred Koenekamp
49th Academy Awards
- Winner Bound for Glory · Haskell Wexler
- Nominee Logan's Run · Ernest Laszlo
- Nominee A Star Is Born · Robert L. Surtees
- Nominee King Kong · Richard H. Kline
- Nominee Network · Owen Roizman
48th Academy Awards
- Winner Barry Lyndon · John Alcott
- Nominee One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest · Bill Butler, Haskell Wexler
- Nominee The Hindenburg · Robert L. Surtees
- Nominee Funny Lady · James Wong Howe
- Nominee The Day of the Locust · Conrad Hall
47th Academy Awards
- Winner The Towering Inferno · Fred Koenekamp, Joseph F. Biroc
- Nominee Chinatown · John A. Alonzo
- Nominee Lenny · Bruce Surtees
- Nominee Earthquake · Philip H. Lathrop
- Nominee Murder on the Orient Express · Geoffrey Unsworth
46th Academy Awards
- Winner Cries and Whispers · Sven Nykvist
- Nominee The Way We Were · Harry Stradling
- Nominee The Sting · Robert L. Surtees
- Nominee Jonathan Livingston Seagull · Jack Couffer
- Nominee The Exorcist · Owen Roizman
45th Academy Awards
- Winner Cabaret · Geoffrey Unsworth
- Nominee Travels with My Aunt · Douglas Slocombe
- Nominee 1776 · Harry Stradling
- Nominee The Poseidon Adventure · Harold E. Stine
- Nominee Butterflies Are Free · Charles Lang
44th Academy Awards
- Winner Fiddler on the Roof · Oswald Morris
- Nominee Summer of '42 · Robert L. Surtees
- Nominee The Last Picture Show · Robert L. Surtees
- Nominee The French Connection · Owen Roizman
- Nominee Nicholas and Alexandra · F. A. Young
43rd Academy Awards
- Winner Ryan's Daughter · F. A. Young
- Nominee Tora! Tora! Tora! · Charles F. Wheeler, Masamichi Satō, Osamu Furuya, Shinsaku Himeda
- Nominee Women in Love · Billy Williams
- Nominee Airport · Ernest Laszlo
- Nominee Patton · Fred Koenekamp
42nd Academy Awards
- Winner Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid · Conrad Hall
- Nominee Marooned · Daniel L. Fapp
- Nominee Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice · Charles Lang
- Nominee Hello, Dolly! · Harry Stradling
- Nominee Anne of the Thousand Days · Arthur Ibbetson
41st Academy Awards
- Winner Romeo and Juliet · Pasqualino De Santis
- Nominee Star! · Ernest Laszlo
- Nominee Ice Station Zebra · Daniel L. Fapp
- Nominee Funny Girl · Harry Stradling
- Nominee Oliver! · Oswald Morris
40th Academy Awards
- Winner Bonnie and Clyde · Burnett Guffey
- Nominee The Graduate · Robert L. Surtees
- Nominee Doctor Dolittle · Robert L. Surtees
- Nominee In Cold Blood · Conrad Hall
- Nominee Camelot · Richard H. Kline
11th Academy Awards
- Winner The Great Waltz · Joseph Ruttenberg
- Nominee The Young in Heart · Leon Shamroy
- Nominee Army Girl · Ernest Miller, Harry J. Wild
- Nominee Mad About Music · Joseph A. Valentine
- Nominee Vivacious Lady · Robert De Grasse
- Nominee Algiers · James Wong Howe
- Nominee Jezebel · Ernest Haller
- Nominee The Buccaneer · Victor Milner
- Nominee Suez · John Peverell Marley
- Nominee You Can't Take It With You · Joseph Walker
- Nominee Merrily We Live · Norbert Brodine
10th Academy Awards
- Winner The Good Earth · Karl Freund
- Nominee Dead End · Gregg Toland
- Nominee Wings Over Honolulu · Joseph A. Valentine
9th Academy Awards
- Winner Anthony Adverse · Tony Gaudio
- Nominee The Gorgeous Hussy · George J. Folsey
- Nominee The General Died at Dawn · Victor Milner
8th Academy Awards
- Winner A Midsummer Night's Dream · Hal Mohr
- Nominee Les Misérables · Gregg Toland
- Nominee Barbary Coast · Ray June
- Nominee The Crusades · Victor Milner
7th Academy Awards
- Winner Cleopatra · Victor Milner
- Nominee Operator 13 · George J. Folsey
- Nominee The Affairs of Cellini · Charles Rosher
6th Academy Awards
- Winner A Farewell to Arms · Charles Lang
- Nominee The Sign of the Cross · Karl Struss
- Nominee Reunion in Vienna · George J. Folsey
5th Academy Awards
- Winner Shanghai Express · Lee Garmes
- Nominee Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde · Karl Struss
- Nominee Arrowsmith · Ray June
4th Academy Awards
- Winner Tabu: A Story of the South Seas · Floyd Crosby
- Nominee Morocco · Lee Garmes
- Nominee Cimarron · Edward Cronjager
- Nominee The Right to Love · Charles Lang
- Nominee Svengali · Barney McGill
3rd Academy Awards
- Winner With Byrd at the South Pole · Joseph T. Rucker, Willard Van der Veer
- Nominee Anna Christie · William H. Daniels
- Nominee Hell's Angels · Harry Perry, Tony Gaudio
- Nominee All Quiet on the Western Front · Arthur Edeson
- Nominee The Love Parade · Victor Milner
2nd Academy Awards
- Winner White Shadows in the South Seas · Clyde De Vinna
- Nominee 4 Devils · Ernest Palmer
- Nominee The Divine Lady · John F. Seitz
- Nominee In Old Arizona · Arthur Edeson
- Nominee Our Dancing Daughters · George Barnes
- Nominee Street Angel
1st Academy Awards
- Winner Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans · Charles Rosher, Karl Struss
- Nominee The Magic Flame · George Barnes
- Nominee The Devil Dancer · George Barnes
- Nominee Sadie Thompson · George Barnes